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One of the biggest recipients of this fund was Power Forward Communities, a group with links to Democratic activist and two-time failed Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams. In April 2024, the Biden EPA handed Power Forward Communities a staggering $2 billion grant, supposedly to help disadvantaged communities transition to electric appliances and reduce carbon emissions.
But there was a major red flag: Power Forward Communities barely existed before receiving the massive payout. The organization was created in late 2023 and had only raised a mere $200 before being awarded the multibillion-dollar grant.
All it took for them to qualify? Completing a budget section on the EPA’s grant application.
After returning to office, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin took immediate action. He froze the $2 billion grant as part of a broader effort to crack down on potential misuse of funds within the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund.
In response, Power Forward Communities filed a lawsuit against the EPA, demanding that the money be reinstated. The lawsuit claimed that the Trump administration’s EPA “claimed, without basis, that the program is tainted by conflicts of interest and disparaged [Power Forward Communities] based on alleged ties to a former Democratic politician.”
Despite the group’s insistence on its independence, Abrams and her allies have attempted to distance her from the scandal. According to Politico, Abrams has denied any involvement, and her spokesperson told the Washington Post that she had no role with Power Forward Communities.
But the facts tell a different story.
While Abrams and her team work overtime to downplay her connection, the organization itself told a different story when applying for the EPA grant.
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Power Forward Communities was created by a coalition of environmental activist groups, including Rewiring America, where Abrams held a prominent role as a top advisor and senior counsel.
Washington Free Beacon uncovered a LinkedIn post from Rewiring America’s Director of Partnerships, Ian Magruder, praising Abrams for her significant involvement in the application process.
“For the past few months our team has been hard at work on this monumental application for $9.5 billion in funding to electrify more than half a million homes, especially in lower income and disadvantaged communities,” Magruder wrote. “Stacey Abrams played a pivotal role.”
Soon after, the Biden EPA approved the $2 billion grant.
The administration cited Abrams’ past work in DeSoto, Georgia—where a handful of homes were given electric appliances to replace gas-powered ones—as justification for awarding Power Forward Communities the massive funding.
But now, with the Justice Department and FBI investigating the grant, Abrams and her allies are in full damage-control mode, trying to rewrite history and sever ties with Power Forward Communities.
The question remains: Will accountability be served, or will this be another case of taxpayer money disappearing into the political abyss?
